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ROYAL Ascot will be staged in York while the racecourse undergoes its £200 million facelift, it has been announced.

Four racecourses had bid to host the event in 2005, with York eventually being chosen over Cheltenham, Newbury and Newmarket.

The transfer will take place during the main building phase of the redevelopment, but is subject to the Ascot Authority receiving planning permission in time to start the main scheme in October next year.

A racecourse spokesman said York had been chosen because of its “massive crowd capacity, world class flat track and good infrastructure”.

The event will be controlled and run as usual by the Ascot Authority, and will have a Royal Enclosure.

The official title of the 2005 meeting will now be Royal Ascot at York

The transfer means that York will now have to construct a round course to accommodate certain race distances for Royal Ascot.